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POPSI KNEW IT!!!! GASP! The article is 2 years old but golly gee now I know why I always thought she was soo . . . dreamy. Why did I quit reading comic books? She was never in love with Batman? I can only imagine Renee thinking "hot darn!!!" as Batwoman makes the scene if you know what I mean . . . :D
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POPSPelosi: Oil Companies Should Pay Royalties The government grants private companies “leases” for the resources in exchange for a portion called a royalty. Democrats have been clamoring for legislation that allowed oil companies drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in 1998 and 1999 to pay a reduced royalty even though the price of oil had risen substantially. The royalty break was an incentive to drill amid low oil prices. Democrats have suggested that companies be required to repay the back royalties if they want federal leases in the future. Republicans have called that a breach of contract with the drillers. In addition, The Denver Post reported Sunday that federal investigators are preparing to release a report detailing improper relationships between Interior Department officials who oversee offshore drilling and oil executives, including golf outings, ski trips and romantic liaisons. Also, Pelosi has been pushing to end tax breaks granted to oil companies.
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POPSThe Male Brain, Explained "We have been assuming that the ways in which emotions are organized in the brain are essentially similar in men and women," but they aren't. Parts of the limbic cortex, which is involved in emotional responses, are smaller in men than in women. Additionally, scientists at McMaster University have found that guys have a smaller density of neurons in areas of the temporal lobe that deal with language processing. Appreciate his naturally upbeat nature Does he seem to be "up" most of the time? It's not your imagination: Male brains produce 52 percent more serotonin (the chemical that influences mood) than female brains, according to a study done at McGill University. And studies show that fewer men than women suffer from depression. Remember his brain is his largest sex organ The preoptic area of the hypothalamus is greater in volume, in cross-sectional area and in the number of cells. This area of the hypothalamus is in charge of mating behavior.
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POPSFinding A Personality "In the midst of all this — the comebacks, the wisecracks, the flapping mouth — I had a dim idea of what I was doing. I wanted to be someone, a recognizable personality, a full-blooded, memorable human being, and not just a cancer patient. I had already lost the person I used to be, that healthy, energetic 45-year-old woman. I wasn’t capable of losing more. “A critical illness is like a great permission, an authorization or absolving. It’s all right for a threatened man to be romantic, even crazy, if he feels like it. All your life you think you have to hold back your craziness, but when you’re sick you can let it go in all its garish colors.” YES!!!!!!!!!
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POPSThe science of love Studies show that when you first fall in love, serotonin levels plummet and the brain's reward centres are flooded with dopamine. This gives a high similar to an addictive drug,
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POPSAttraction, strength and self humor the article is more elaborate. but it points towards self humor as an attractive trait but only if backed up by achievements. this too is a matter of emotional and otherwise affordability.
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POPSI'd thank you if I could find you... If you grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, during the 1970s, maybe you can help this person belatedly thank an important person from his past. Vocabulary gap: there's no platonic equivalent of "oh, that's so romantic!" Saying "that's so sweet" doesn't quite cover it. If such a term existed, I'd use it for this story.
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POPSThe Shape of Music The shapes of the space of chords we have described also reveal deep connections between a wide range of musical genres. It turns out that superficially different styles--Renaissance music, classical and Romantic music, jazz, rock, and other popular forms--all make remarkably similar use of the geometry of chord space. Traditional techniques for manipulating musical scales turn out to be closely analogous to those used to connect individual chords. And some composers have displayed a profound understanding of the higher-dimensional geometry of musical chords. In fact, one can argue that Romantic composers such as Chopin had an intuitive feel for non-Euclidean higher-dimensional spaces that exceeded the explicit understanding of their mathematical contemporaries.
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POPSLove More Powerful Than Sex Ok, I am the world's most hopeful romantic! I've never had sex with anyone I wasn't emotionally attracted to, so even though this is an older article, I believe it's true, especially for me, but maybe it's just my addiction to dopamine *LOL*
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POPSZorro - From Pulp Page to Stage Everything you ever wanted to know about The Fox (Spanish for Fox is Zorro) is all wrapped up here. A theme park in Italy, a Stage Production. 112 episodes of a newer series on Telemundo and, the publishing history as well as comics, movies, collectibles, video games and a great picture gallery.
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POPSOuter-space sex For all these reasons, Logan said spontaneous sex in space could be "a little underwhelming." "It's a pretty messy environment, when you think about it," he said. "And for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. However ... I can well imagine how compelling, inspiring, and quite frankly stimulating choreographed sex in zero-G might be in the hands of a skilled and talented cinematographer with appropriate lighting and music." When the crowd tittered, Logan added, "I'm not kidding: Sex in zero-G is going to have to be more or less choreographed. Otherwise it's just going to be a wild flail."
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POPSTen cognitive distortions that mess you up David Burns is a pioneer in popularizing the cognitive-behavioral approach to mood therapy developed by Aaron Beck. As someone who has struggled on and off with crippling depression my whole life, I have found this list of "cognitive distortions" pretty useful in reframing certain elements of my thinking.
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POPSTop 10 Likely Titles For The Next Stephen King Book Hey, do not get me wrong... I love the King. And as a struggling writer in the same genre I can only aspire to his heights of greatness... That said, this is a LMAO List and I give it props.. Stephen has also gone on the record to say that there has been times he knew he was not trying his best nor doing a credible job, but any Author who can say otherwise for their own self may cast the first Word Processor...
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POPS Very sexy and romantic salsa dance (Most Wanted) This Dancing experience is the best when learning this "hot" Salsa Dance! Everyone is doing it! The popularity of Salsawebsite.com is out of control and has become World-wide! These online dance lessons will teach you the basic Salsa steps and styling. Click on the link to see a preview before you buy it! http://www.salsawebsite.com/user/buy_videos.php
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POPS45 Things You Can Learn Online for Free!
# Learn to Draw - Learn basics, caricatures and how to draw people. There’s good practical advice as well as some things to think about. # Learn Harmonica - Video lessons are coming soon! # Learn to Chant - Is Byzantine music you’re thing? Have I got a site for you! # Learn to Dance Merengue - Looks easy enough. # Learn to Belly Dance - My husband is rolling his eyes as I type this. I hear it’s great exercise though. # How to Play Bridge - Something I’ve always wanted to learn but never have the time for. # Learn to Change a Car Battery - It’s always good to take in a few automotive maintenance tips. # Learn to Wakeboard - It looks like a lot of fun. # Learn to Sew - It’s always good to know a few basic stitches. # Learn to Speak Japanese - Second and third languages are always handy. # Learn to Speak Mandarin - See above. # Learn to Play Slot Machines - Not that there’s much to it. # Learn to JamSkate - Not that I know what jamskating is. # Here’s a free online spelling c
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